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W.664, Epic of Alexander the Great

Abstract

Copied by Kamāl ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Qarāmānī in a clear, vocalized naskh script, this manuscript of the Epic of Alexander the Great or the Alexander romance (Iskendernāme) by Aḥmet bin Ibrāhīm Aḥmedī (d. 815 AH / 1413 CE) was completed in Aleppo (Ḥalab) in 891 AH / 1486 CE. Written in two columns and surrounded by a frame, it opens with an illuminated title page (fol. 2a), followed by an incipit page with illuminated titlepiece inscribed al-mulk li-Llāh al-wāḥid (Supreme authority belongs to the One God).

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